Guatemala

WASHINGTON A 34-year-old deported mother and daughter whom a federal court ordered returned to the United States were placed back in a Pennsylvania detention center for several hours Friday before being released. Federal officials tracked down Ana and her 12-year-old daughter in the mountains of western Guatemala, where she has family. At 1 a.m. Eastern time Friday, she arrived back at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania. She had no idea they would be released on the same day. When Ana spoke to her lawyer Friday morning, she expressed mixed feelings about being back in the United States, said Bridget Cambria of Reading, Pa., Ana's attorney. On the one hand, she was...

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